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The Know Your Rights panel flyer. OU law organizations hosted a panel on Wednesday to discuss personal rights during police-citizen interactions, including rights during a traffic stop and a stop and frisk, and how to behave when around police. The Know Your Rights panel was co-hosted by the OU Law American Constitution Society and the Black Law Student Association. The panel was moderated by...

Madison, WI – Today, Senate Bill 644 authored by Sen. Rob Stafsholt (R – New Richmond) relating to best interest in annuity transactions was signed into law by Governor Evers. “This law strengthens state statutes by requiring that before an annuity is sold, it is determined to be in the best interest of the consumer. It makes common sense changes that will ensure that customers understand the...

As the world economy increasingly goes digital, innovators and existing market participants are finding new ways to tokenize assets and expand upon their uses, particularly with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs have commonly been used to represent digital art, photos, videos, audio files, collectibles, game items, tickets, and other digital assets, but can also represent virtually any digital...

Sadie Crain, Tessa McQueen and Lily Missling cheer outside the Douglas County school district’s Central Administration Building during a rally held to protest recent alleged actions by some members of the school board in Castle Rock on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Teachers could gain exemptions from the Colorado Open Records Act if a bill under consideration by the state senate becomes law. Senate...

Rep. Tom Suozzi said he thought Florida’s controversial “Don’t say gay” law was “reasonable." Rep. Tom Suozzi, who is running against Gov. Kathy Hochul in the Democratic primary for governor, called a controversial new Florida law aimed at discouraging discussions about sexuality and gender in classrooms “reasonable.” Dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law by its opponents, Democrats and LGBTQ activi...

For Immediate Release – April 15, 2022 Illinois State Police Lieutenant Hansen Receives “Women in Law Enforcement Leadership Award” BLOOMINGTON – During the recent 2022 Women in Criminal Justice Conference, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (ILETSB) Executive Institute awarded Illinois State Police (ISP) Lieutenant Heather Hansen the “Women in Law Enforcement Leadershi...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The names of seven officers will be added to the Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial as the Law Enforcement Memorial Relay from Las Vegas to Carson City returns this year. Metro police confirmed the relay is scheduled to depart Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 27. The COVID-19 pandemic stopped the event in 2020 and 2021. The relay will conclude in Carson City with a cerem...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court traveled to Pittsburgh this week to hear oral arguments on a number of cases, including one that the appellants’ lawyers say is the first of its kind nationally. The case, Scott v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, involves four people who were convicted of felony-murder in their late teens or early 20s, and have each spent between 24 and 48 years in p...

The Florida Capitol building on Saturday, February 15, 2020, in Tallahassee. They range from property insurance reforms to fast-tracking the legalization of recreational marijuana. Gov. Ron DeSantis continued this week to sign into law some of the measures Florida’s Republican-led Legislature passed this session, but thousands of bills died in Tallahassee and never made it to the governor, ...

Knox Co. Sheriff’s Office warns of warrant payment scam WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - Law enforcement agencies across the nation are seeing an increase in the number of people that have gotten calls from phone scammers claiming to be law enforcement, IRS, FBI, or some other government agency. Waterloo police posted a warning on their Facebook Police alerting police of the scam, and how to respond a...